Students are introduced to the general principles and techniques of advocacy through lectures, tutorials, mooting and simulated exercises. The course complements Civil Procedure and Practice, Criminal Practice and Procedure and Evidence by allowing students to apply those subjects within practical advocacy settings.

This course introduces the practice and procedure of the summary courts and the Supreme Court at first instance. It addresses the commencement of proceedings, originating processes, pleadings, interlocutory applications, summary judgment, enforcement and appeals.

Students also examine family law practice and procedure, including affiliation matters, the status of children and the trial of undefended matters within the common-law and civil-law systems of the Caribbean.

Students examine criminal practice and procedure in the summary and higher courts, from preliminary proceedings through trial, verdict and sentence.

The course addresses indictments, jury trials, appeals, compensation and costs, as well as the powers and duties of the police. It also considers sentencing options, correctional institutions and appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.

This course examines the principal common-law rules governing the admissibility and presentation of evidence in civil and criminal proceedings.

Areas of study include hearsay, confessions, competence and compellability, oaths and affirmations, documentary evidence, judicial notice and primary and secondary evidence. Students also consider statutory modifications to the common law and the use of previous convictions as evidence in civil matters.

Students are introduced to the general principles of medical jurisprudence and the use of medical evidence in civil and criminal proceedings. The course supports an understanding of how medical and scientific evidence may arise and be presented in legal practice.

This course examines the law governing the relationship between landlords and tenants across the common-law and civil-law systems of the Caribbean.

Topics include leases and tenancies, agricultural holdings, security of tenure, statutory regulation, assignments of leasehold interests and remedies for wrongful or forcible ejectment.

Students examine the assessment and recovery of general and special damages in contract and tort.

The course considers pleading and proof, damages arising from personal injury and death, remoteness, apportionment and relevant judicial developments across the Caribbean.

This course develops the techniques required to draft legislation, deeds, wills and other legal instruments clearly and precisely.

Students also study the interpretation of statutes, deeds, constitutional instruments and other documents, together with the preparation of legal opinions, decisions and judgments.

Students participate in two mock trials: one criminal and one civil. In one trial, the student acts as an advocate; in the other, as an instructing attorney.

Performances are recorded and assessed by the Course Director and the presiding judge, and students are required to demonstrate competence. Students may also participate in the selection process for the team representing the School in the regional mooting competition among the three Council of Legal Education Law Schools.

This course develops students’ understanding of civil litigation beyond the commencement of proceedings.

It covers preparation for trial, determination of matters without trial, judgments and orders, enforcement, equitable remedies, prerogative orders, restitution and costs. Students also examine appeals from courts of first instance and the practice and procedure governing appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.

Students examine the formation, operation and dissolution of companies and other forms of association.

The course also addresses the practice and procedure applicable to contentious probate and administration proceedings.

This course examines the principles and practice of transferring and creating interests in land across the common-law and civil-law systems of the Caribbean.

Students consider freehold and leasehold interests, land registration, the Torrens and Roman-Dutch systems, mortgages, charges, liens, restrictive covenants, prescription and the acquisition of interests through judicial and statutory processes. The course also addresses housing, planning, compulsory acquisition and Crown or state lands.

Students examine the status and responsibilities of members of the legal profession as officers of the court.

The course addresses professional independence; duties owed to the court, clients, the public and the profession; the promotion of the rule of law; access to legal representation; professional conduct; solicitors’ practice; advocacy; and legal aid.

This course prepares students for the administrative and financial responsibilities involved in managing a legal practice.

Areas of study include office systems, record-keeping, bookkeeping, client accounts, bills of cost, taxation, the safekeeping of client documents and the separation of client funds from the attorney’s personal or business accounts.

Year II students complete a period of instruction in Alternative Dispute Resolution. The course introduces approaches to resolving disputes outside the traditional trial process and considers their relevance to modern legal practice.

This course examines the law and procedure governing testate and intestate succession within the common-law and civil-law systems of the Caribbean.

Students study wills, intestacy, the administration and winding-up of estates, trusts and settlements, and non-contentious probate and administration proceedings.